Rivers v. Delaware Valley Mutual Casualty Co.

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon the pleadings in an action against a liability insurance company. The complaint avers that the defendant had written an automobile casualty insurance policy for Edward McCullough which was in full force and effect on July 16, 1960, when McCullough, while driving the insured vehicle, had a collision with the plaintiff’s car. The plaintiff máde a claim against McCullough, which the defendant company and the plaintiff agreed to settle. On September 9, 1960, the defendant forwarded to the plaintiff a release in the amount of $270…